Seid UeAL Bratelloutsiat wins ‘Hus1211/415/ &, ott, 11-04-2011—All rig SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Standard 9 (Semester I) a i ® Gujarat State Board of School Textbooks ‘Vidyayan’, Sector 10-A, Gandhinagar-382010© Gujarat State Board of Schoo! Textbooks, Gandhinagar Copyright of this book is reserved by Gujarat State Board of School Textbooks. No reproduction of this book in whole or in part, in any form is permitted without written permission of the Director, Gujarat State Board of School Textbooks. ‘Authors Dr. I. M, Bhatt (Convener) PREFACE Dr. P. N. Gaijar Dr. B. K. Jain The Gujarat State Secondary and Dr. ¥. M. Dalal Higher Secondary Education Board Dr. A. P. Patel has prepared new syllabi in Shri C. 1. Patel accordance with the new national Dr. D. H, Gadani syllabi prepared by the NCERT based Shri P. J. Chavda on NCF 2005 and core-curriculam. ‘These syllabi are sanctioned by the Revere Government of Gujarat. It is a pleasure for the Gujarat State Board of School Textbooks to place before the students this textbook of Science and Techonology Standard 9, (Semester I) prepared according to the new syllabus. Before publishing the textbook, its manuscript has been fully Shri Hiren H. Rathod Shri Sanjay D. Jhala Shri Vishnu S. Patel Shri Nitin D. Dave Shri Jaysukh B. Hanmani Smt. Sonal Bhatia Shri Shailesh $. Parmar Smt. Raji Dennis reviewed by experts and teachers teaching at this level. Following ‘Language Correction suggestions given by teachers and Dr. Rucha A. Bharahmbhatt experts, we have made necessary changes in the manuscript before Artist publishing the textbook. Shri G, V. Mevada The board has taken special care to ensure that this textbook is Co-ordination interesting, useful and free from Shri Chirag H. Patel errors. However, we welcome any (Subject Co-ordinator : Physics) suggestion, from people interested in education, to improve the quality of Preperation and Planning the textbook. Shri C. D. Pandya (Dy, Director : Academic) HK. Patel cas Dr. Nitin Pethani Director Executive President Tavioet eo Pemalty Date : 1-9-2013 Gandhinagar Shri Haresh S. Limbachiya (Dy. Director : Production) sa First Edition : 2011, Reprint 2011, 2012, 2013 Published by HK Patel, Director, on behalf of Gujarat State Board of School Textbooks, “Vidyayan’, Sector 10-A, Gandhinagar Printed byIt shall be the duty of every citizen of India : (a) to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the National Flag and the National Anthem; (b) to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom; (©) to uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India; (d) to defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so; (©) to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or sectional diversities; to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women; (© to value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture; (g) to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life and to have compassion for living creatures; (h) to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform; (i) to safeguard public property and to abjure violence; (to strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activity so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavour and achievement.1. Motion 1-16 2. Force and Laws of Motion 17-30 3. Gravitation 31-45 4. Properties of Matter 46-59 5. Structure of Atom 60-66 6. The Fundamental Unit of Life : The Cell 67-73 7. Plant Tissues 74-78 8 Animal Tissues ‘79-85 9. Why do we fall ill ? 86-92